I spent several weeks obsessing over the abstract for my Kalamazoo paper, mainly because I'm an independent scholar and not affiliated with a university (also, my MA is in religion, not textiles or medieval studies). Turned out the first draft, with minor tweaking, was just fine. Don't worry, and if you need someone to beta it, baronessmartha did a fine job for me (*grins*).

And if you need a subject to study, feel free to use my ravings. Even the fanfiction. I have no shame :D